oh my aching...

How am I feeling?...I am fine...or at least that seems to be the only way I know how to verbalize how I am when asked by family and friends. I am going to try to dig a little deeper for this post.

I am currently walking about 2 miles a day, very slow, like 17 minute mile slow, (I used to run a 7-8 minute mile), and not for the reason you would think. When I am walking too fast all of a sudden I feel a sharp pain in my lower abdomen, (the kind of pain that stops you in your tracks). Apparently these pains are completely normal, and are either round ligament pains, or the baby pushing down pains, or they are Braxton Hicks contractions. Either way, slowing down or stopping is the only thing that works..so that is what I do. 2 miles seems to be my current limit.

Another problem I am having is leg pain. The only comparison I have to the ache is the feeling you have after you have pushed yourself to your limit on a long hard run or bike ride. And I have not been running or biking anywhere!

I also am having sharp abdominal pains if I sit in the same position for too long. Luckily, I am not working right now and can really get up and move around or change positions when necessary. I have only noticed them when Chris and I try to watch a movie that requires me to sit for more than 1 hour at a time. Walking slowly and/or standing seems to help and the pain usually subsides. My mom and I went to a movie this afternoon and I had to get up 3 times because of the pain. I am curious to see on Wed. if those pains are dilating me or if they are just practice contractions or ligament pains.

I am sleeping pretty well considering my state. I seem to get a good long night's sleep every other night and am not getting up as much in the middle of the night as I was last month.

I still have indigestion pretty bad and have to eat small meals pretty much all day just to stay full.

My only other complaint is that baby verno likes to stick his butt out on the left side of my stomach all the time. That side of my stomach is so sore it is tender to even the slightest touch.

The nesting continues... all of the Christmas decorations are down and I have started baking and freezing random items, and even cleaned out my trunk yesterday in 30 degree weather.

Chris is nesting too.. he cleaned out his side of our closet yesterday and came up with 3 large bags full of donation clothes.

I watched a DVD on how to breastfeed yesterday and bought two more pairs of stretchy pants that I hope to wear the first few weeks the baby is here.

And today I forced myself out of the house to get a pedicure and to see a movie with my mom since there won't be many movies or pedicures when baby verno gets here! My next appointment is Wednesday and Thursday is a Full Moon. Rumor has it that maternity wards fill up and babies drop when there is a full moon!